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International Journal on Algae is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Begell House Inc..
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ISSN 1521-9429Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Begell House Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 693 / 736 | 5th | Q4 |
| Plant Science | 514 / 541 | 5th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
International Journal on Algae is Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 693 of 736) and Q4 in Plant Science (rank 514 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal on Algae is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4, 5th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.166, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
International Journal on Algae is published by Begell House Inc. Its ISSN is 1521-9429.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal on Algae has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.44 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #557 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
International Journal on Algae published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 38. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from India (33%), Ukraine (21.1%) and Russia (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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